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VIVATO LEVERAGES WI-FI TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER NEW ECONOMICS TO
WIRELESS BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS
First Outdoor Wi-Fi Switch Offers Lower Cost of Deployment and
Features Critical to Successful Large Scale Wi-Fi Deployments
SUPERCOMM 2003, ATLANTA, GA. - June 3, 2003 - Vivato™,
a Wi-Fi infrastructure company, presented details of its unique
offering to wireless broadband service providers at SUPERCOMM 2003
today. Vivato's Wi-Fi system dramatically extends the range of Wi-Fi
and provides the security and management features that allow service
providers to construct new business models for broadband delivery
to multi-tenant office buildings, airports, campuses, warehouses,
and shopping malls; and extend public access Wi-Fi hot spots to
large zones of Wi-Fi.
"Wireless broadband service providers face several challenges
in the current market, not the least of which are the costs of expanding
Wi-Fi coverage beyond isolated "hot spots" and effectively
managing large-scale wireless LANs, client authentication and security,"
said Lizet Tirres, Senior Research Analyst, Competitive Operator
Strategies at Stratecast Partners, a Division of Frost & Sullivan.
"By reducing the number of required network elements and effectively
expanding the coverage area, a service provider can realize cost
savings from a network management perspective."
Greatest Coverage at Lowest Cost of Deployment
The Vivato 2.4 GHz Outdoor Wi-Fi Switch communicates directly with
standard Wi-Fi client devices and can project Wi-Fi coverage throughout
very large areas. The Vivato
solution offers the scale of fixed wireless systems but eliminates
the need for expensive proprietary client hardware thus delivering
improved business models for broadband service providers.
"Vivato's planar phased array antenna is a unique architecture
that optimizes Wi-Fi deployment options for delivering wireless
wide area networks to business customers," said Charles B.
McNamee , chief executive officer of U.S. RealTel and its wholly
owned subsidiary, Cypress Communications, a leading provider of
premium in-building broadband communications services to small and
medium sized businesses located in commercial office buildings throughout
the United States. "We are currently in trials with the Vivato
switch at our Atlanta headquarters and anticipate that Vivato will
be a critical player in helping us to build our national Wi-Fi network."
Mission-Critical System Features
Vivato's 2.4 GHz Outdoor Wi-Fi Switch includes advanced security
features such as Web based authentication through a "walled
garden," multiple Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Virtual
LANs (VLANs). The switch also communicates directly with Radius
servers and provides a framework that services providers need for
authentication and billing services.
Measuring 1.18m x 1.01m x 14.08cm, the Vivato 2.4 GHz Outdoor Wi-Fi
Switch is protected from the natural elements by a custom designed
enclosure that is environmentally controlled to maintain the proper
thermal environment for the integrated antenna and electronics.
"Vivato is offering unmatched value and quality for wireless
broadband delivery, giving broadband service providers a chance
to create profitable business models," said Ken
Biba, Vivato CEO and co-founder. "We have seen tremendous interest
in our products from this market both abroad and in the U.S."
About Vivato
Vivato is the inventor and first manufacturer of Wi-Fi switches
for enterprises and service providers designed to enable high bandwidth
Wi-Fi wireless networks everywhere: in the enterprise, across campuses
and throughout metropolitan areas. Vivato is headquartered in San
Francisco with a research and development center in Spokane, Wash.
For more information, please visit www.vivato.net or call 415.495.1111.
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